In September this year, the value of Taiwan’s iron and steel exports moved up by 0.6 percent year on year to $1.20 billion, according to the statistics issued by Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance. In the given month, the country’s iron and steel import value totaled $958 million, decreasing by 7.7 percent year on year.
In the first nine months of the year, the value of Taiwan’s iron and steel exports decreased by 7.5 percent to $11.27 billion, while the value of the country’s imports of iron and steel totaled $8.73 billion, down by 7.6 percent, both on year-on-year basis.